We’ve got a dining room in our house that I seriously wonder why in the world we even have. We use it maybe twice a year: Thanksgiving and Christmas. Life in the English family centers around the kitchen table. (Technically, it’s an island.)

It’s where mail is dropped off, backpacks are left, coffee mugs are forgotten, keys are thrown, and meals are prepped. It’s where late night conversations about school, friends, parenting, dating, marriage, and work all take place. It’s witnessed the struggle with geometry, boys, parenting, and family. It has survived the crayon years, the water paint years, and the marker years. It’s been used to dodge nerf darts, and it has served as a support to lean on when the tears flown.

The table is a place for real talk in our house. It’s where we navigated everything from the terrible twos to middle school drama, the high school disappointments and college transfers. The table is where hard truth and deep love is spoken.

The table is where we do life. It’s where we figured out how to live out our faith. Together.

I’m not saying the table is always a comfortable place to be. It can be full of arguing and fighting as well. It’s a place to figure out life, and life has some hard chapters in it. The table is not immune to that, and I think that’s why I love it.

Everyone needs a table like this, but not everyone gets one. So allow me to invite you to The Table for the next 6 weeks. This series is about how to live out our faith in various life stages – from grandparenting to parenting, from single to married and back to single again. For all of these phases of life, come sit at the table while we unpack Biblical principles to navigate them.

I can make you a couple of promises. You’ll hear other family’s ‘Table Moments’ that helped them figure it out. There will be plenty of stories to make you laugh and a few that will force some tears. You’ll hear how no matter where you are in your journey, there’s nothing beyond the redemption and reach of Jesus.

And I promise you, there will be plenty of room for you and your questions at The Table.